Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#58): Fit, Very Fit
 

Edited the first post to include how Fit can be gained in-play through study (p. B294). That might be the best reason to not take Fit, assuming the campaign is likely to have time for your character to study/train at anything. While there are other traits that can be gained in this manner, Fit seems to be the most straightforward and budget conscious.

I remember taking Fit quite a bit, but that was under the 3e rules, where HT 11 through 13 was only 10/level but after that, the cost increased. As some have pointed out, buying actual levels of Health includes a bump in Speed. Anyone have time to run the numbers, and what DX/HT combinations result in even Speed scores? Even when just building characters for fun under the 4e rules, I find that I usually end up with DX/HT combinations that either

• produce an integer for my Speed
• produce a non-integer that is more than a single level of HT away from becoming an integer

Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#58): Fit, Very Fit
 

Quick table, with HT/DX score between 8 and 16

Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#58): Fit, Very Fit
 

That's not really the big deal. It's the doubled FP recovery. That;s pretty much mandatory for marching infantrymen and hikers whose GM tracks FP loss and recovery.

Consider a grunt with ST 10 or 11 and an 80 lb load (Heavy Encumbrance). Marching 1 hour costs him 4 FP (5 on a hot day) so he better rest after an hour. Without fit it takes him 40 minutes to get his FP back or 20 with Fit.

On average he's making 2 miles every 100 minutes without Fit of every 80 minutes with it. So that's at least a 20% increase in speed even without a successful Hiking roll. That's a big difference in whether or not your army gets to the right place at the right time.

You probably don't see whole armies with Very Fit until you get TL10 genetic engineering but you might see something like a SEAL team where everyone has it. They're probably all ST12 in the first place and are at only Medium Encumbrance which is a 50% increase in speed to begin with. Then they're able to march 2 hours for only 3 FP and only need 15 minutes to get it back.

Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#58): Fit, Very Fit
 

Since it says it provides a bonus to all HT rolls, does fit includes resisting afflictions?

Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#58): Fit, Very Fit
 

If you resist with HT, then yes.

Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#58): Fit, Very Fit
 

DFRPG let's it work for Magic to. I have put it on all my DFRPG characters for the halving time needed to recover from a friend hasting me

Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#58): Fit, Very Fit
 

Thanks for the update:

That's great news!

I see, did not know you could recover "magically spend" FP with fit in that system; quite handy.

Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#58): Fit, Very Fit
 

Not the FP spent on spells. I believe hes talking about the FP cost from the stress of being hasted as opposed to the casting cost.
I'd let it cover that myself.

Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#58): Fit, Very Fit
 

I thought so, after all, if you are "hasted" the effect is that your body reacts more rapidly and IMO, FP lost during this state would be a mundane effect (in this case a haste spell could be stimulating adrenaline production in your body).

But since they wrote:
I concluded it was about the FP spent on magic abilities.

Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#58): Fit, Very Fit
 

Not if you're hit with an affliction resisted by Will!!!